Union suit.



M. MORRIS.

UNION SUIT.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 28, 1913.

Patented June 2, 1914.

MOSES MOBIRIS, F BALTIMORE, MARYLAND.

UNION SUIT.

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Specification of Letterslatent.

Application filed July 28, 1913. Serial No. 781,611.

. To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, Moses Momns, a citizen of the United States,residing at Baltimore, in the State of Maryland, have invented certainnew and useful Improve-' ments in Union Suits; and I do hereby declarethe following to be a full, clear, and exact description of theinvention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which itapperta-ins to make and use the same.

This lnvention relates to union sults.

Heretofore these suits have been construct ed relatively tight at thecrotch with. the

lower end of the back slit terminating rear of the crotch so that greatinconvenience is imposed upon the wearer at times in that the entireremoval of the suit is necessitated.

It is therefore the object of this invention to provide a unionsuit inwhich the crotch portion is constructed relatively full and much longerand the back slit extended Inedially through the crotch so that aportion of said slit will extend up the front of the garment, such aconstruction obviously insuring convenience and flexibility to thewearer at all times.

With the above and other objects in view the invention consists in thedetailsof construction and in the arrangement and combination of partsto be hereinafter more fully described and particularly pointed out inthe'appended claims.

In describing the invention in detail reference will be had to theaccompanying drawings wherein like characters of reference denotecorresponding parts in the several views, and in which Figure 1 is afront elevation of a union suit constructed in accordance with theinvention; Fig. 2, a rear elevation of same; Fig. 3, a vertical centralsection of the suit; Fig. 4, a bottom view of the suit with the legportions thereof spread apart, and Fig. 5, is a view showing the formsor blanks of the lower rear sections of the suit.

Referring to the drawing the suit is shown as comprising frontsections'lO and 11 {and rear sections 12, 13 and 14. The front sections10 and 11 each comprise a body porthe ed e of the section 10 adjacentthe slit 18 are uttons 19, while button holes 20 are 19 respectively andwhereby formed in the edge of the section 11 along the slit 18 for thereception of the buttons the opening and closing of the slit 18 iscontrolled. The upper back section 12 has its longitudinal edgesstitched to the outer longitudinal edges of the upper portion of thesections 10 and 11, suitable provision being made for the insertion ofsleeves 21 and 22. The top transverse edge of the section 12 is stitchedto the top transverse edges of the sections 10 and 11 as will beobvious. The lower back sections 13 and 14 of the suit each include abody portion 23 and a leg portion 24 and the outer longitudinal edges ofthe sections 13 and 14 are stitched to the outer longitudinal edgesrespectively of the sections 11 and Patented June 2, 1914. s

10, while the upper transverse edges of the the sections 13 and 14 areprovided at the inner side of their lower ends with inwardly anddownwardlydirectedextensions 26 which are connected together at theirouter ends as at 27 whereby a long rear slit 28 is produced togetherwith a very full crotch. The inner edges of the leg portions 24including the lower edges of the extensions 26, and the inner edges ofthe leg portions 16 are connected together by a continuous flexibleinsertion 29.

It will be noted that the extensions 26.are

V-shaped and have outwardly curved lower edges 30 respectivelyandoutwardly curved upper edges 31 respectively. The peculiar shape ofthese extensions 26 just described results in the production of a veryextensive and full crotch and at the same time throws such fullnessforward whenthe completed. garment is on the wearer so that the crotchmay be raised at thefront side of the garment and the lower end of theslit 28 correspondingly raised which is a distinct advantage to thewearer.

, What is claimed is 1. A union suit comprising a body portion, rightand left front leg sections formed integral with the body, and right andleft tongues formed on their inner side edges, the lower inner sideedges of the rear. leg sections and the adjacent edges of the tonguesbeing stitched to the inner side edges of respective leg sections andthe remaining edges of said tongues left free whereby a -rear legsections having laterally extending v 10 side edges of the rear legsections and the adjacent edges of the tongues being stitched to theinsert and the remaining edges of said tongues left free whereby arelatively full crotch and long slit is provided.

In testimony whereof, I afiix my signa- 5 ture, in the presence of twowitnesses.

MOSES MORRIS. Witnesses:

HENRY T. BRIGHT, FRANCES QUIGLEY.

